Financials - Burdette -
$5500 in the bank, much of it allocated for specific purposes (business
sponsors, Studio Tour, Plein Air Festival)

Membership List -
corrections made, will send out to membership

By-Laws -Approved.
Current leadership committee: Mark, Sandy, Burdette willing to continue
to serve until elections can be held at an annual meeting in November.

Business Sponsor Program
- Tim, not present. Need to get status update. Studio Tour and Plein
Air Festival may have to start soliciting their own sponsors. Checks
received from Finnegans and Dorsey St. Exchange. Mark is sending out
thank-you notes.

Membership Brochures -
need volunteers to redistribute them for summer season. Supplies at
Artists Guild.Studio Tour - Cris:
about 26 signed up; needs the rest ASAP; have 3 potential outposts -
VIC still an issue because of admission charge on Sat for Homesteading
Festival - mark in booklet that there is a parking charge. Carousel -
4-5 already signed up; LPCA will host - Gail would like to be there.

Plein Air Festival -
Sandy - 15 registered (never that many in May before!); will be
borrowing display racks from school district.

Saranac Lake 6er Art Exhibit -
collecting artwork, will set up display in former Pink space for the
weekend; possibly have volunteers on duty.

Plein Air exhibit at VIC - in
August

Participation in Farmer's Market
Cris - ask for volunteers to commit 1 Saturday over
summer; hand out brochures, but also be more active and demonstrate or
display work; give out something free; invitations to openings; Gail,
Mark Paul, Larry Poole, Rachel Lamb, Peter Seward (3 Saturdays), Gail,
Sandy, Susan W 8/10, Burdette (2), Matt B may be able to bring
cigarette machine once - should talk to Todd - anyone else operating it
would need to spend some time with Matt to learn how to unjam it). June
1 - Oct 26. $230 plus $50 Grange membership. Pendragon can provide the
tent, drop it off and set it up. Talk to Nathalie & Courtney
Miller. 22 Saturdays. Approved - will do. Cris will schedule.

BLOG: still need to send
message out to membership about submitting for the blog. Cris and
Burdette. Now live on our web site - check it out!

New Items

ArtWorks Member Exhibit (from Tim, last meeting) Tabled to
next meeting.